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Jam 1:10. Πλούσιος, the rich) A Synecdoche for every one that is flourishing and gay.-ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει, in that he is brought low) This is strictly construed with καυχάσθω, let the rich man rejoice. Compare 2Co 12:9; 2Sa 6:22. Ταπείνωσις does not denote the fading away of the rich man, but the lowliness of mind which arises from the sight of that fading away.-ὅτι ὡς, because as) “As the flower of the field-the fashion of it perisheth; the Protasis: “so shall the rich man fade away,” Jam 1:11; the Apodosis.-ἄνθος χόρτου, the flower of the grass) That part of the grass which is most pleasant to the sight, the flower, 1Pe 1:24.